This was a tricky photo but one that I enjoyed taking. The moon was nearly full at night while we were at Christmas Meadows so we got the idea to take a night photo at a bend in the river. We didn’t have a light meter so we had to use some trial and error to get the shutter speed right. We also used the distance marker on the focus ring in order to focus properly.

The moon was shining from outside and to the upper-left of the frame. The bright streak in the sky was from Venus and the odd colorization above the river is from moonlight reflecting off the mist that was rising from the river.